The EEOC may end EEO-1 reporting, but knowing your workforce was never just about compliance. Here’s why employers should keep collecting and using workforce data to make better decisions, understand their systems and maintain visibility into their workforce.
For more than 60 years, the EEOC has required employers with at least 100 employees to report workforce demographic data annually using the EEO-1 form. This requirement has proven to be a reliable and powerful enforcement tool used consistently by every administration. The National Partnership strongly opposes the proposed rule to rescind requirements for filing EEO demographic data collection reports, including the EEO-1 form.
Women lost 32,000 jobs in July, prompting a stock market rally in the face of workers’ pain.
Today’s jobs data show meager gains over the last year and the share of women who are working has hit its lowest level in more than four years. But past progress shows us it doesn’t have to be this way.
Amidst a boom in low-wage jobs and rising inflation, women’s ratings of the government’s economic policies have hit an all-time low.
The Trump administration has stopped enforcing many protections for workers and how that is costing workers money.
As the most diverse generation of workers enters the workforce, the agencies tasked with enforcing civil rights protections are failing them. But young workers have a history of organizing to win the protections they need.
Today’s data show an economy that is failing workers – especially women – while the stock market climbs to new heights.
We illuminate who is teleworking – and who isn’t. We detail how telework impacts a range of gender-equity concerns, both on the job and at home. Finally, we offer policy options designed to capitalize on the positive impacts of telework while mitigating its downsides.
The Trump administration is dismantling the systems that make economic security possible for women with disabilities. This series explores how these changes are unfolding and what it will take to rebuild them.
The wage gap extends to AANHPI women in healthcare, where, despite AANHPI women playing an essential role within the industry, their work is undervalued regardless of education level and especially in fields where they are overrepresented.
On the heels of Equal Pay Day, we’re joining fans around the world in celebrating the WNBA union’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) – a historic step forward from decades of pay inequality for the league’s athletes. Here’s what you should know.
Prime-age women’s labor force participation rate hit an all-time high this month – but higher unemployment rates and growth in low-paid industries are leaving women behind.
On January 22, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) rescinded its workplace harassment guidance, a resource that helped protect millions of people from harassment at work, without a public comment period. The 75 Million Project – a national campaign co-led by National Partnership for Women and Families – collected public comments telling the EEOC why this guidance is critical.
For more than 60 years, federal law has evolved to better protect working women’s time and pay. But the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans are trying to make it so fewer workers – particularly women workers – are treated like employees and protected under these laws.
As we celebrate Women’s History Month and commemorate Equal Pay Day – our country faces anti-LGBTQ+ attacks that jeopardize our basic rights. Among these attacks is the refusal to include LGBTQ+ information in the federal data that helps us understand economic disparities. These attacks are pushing us farther from a future where gender and sexual orientation do not determine a person’s economic well-being.
In true nerdy fashion, we’re bringing you a Women’s History Month x Pi Day mash up featuring five pie charts that show how historical policy choices shape women’s reality today.
In the face of a job market deliberately weakened and made less equal by the Trump administration, we trace how policy choices and missed opportunities have shaped women’s economic opportunities over decades.
The latest employment data reveal that Trump’s economy is also harming disabled workers, with disabled women of color particularly feeling the effects.
This Black History Month, we celebrate the progress achieved for Black communities, including Black women workers. Black women’s labor has historically been undervalued and underpaid. And the fight to ensure our laws protect and promote economic security for Black women workers is a story marked by progress and setbacks.